Analytics Developer Contracts

Analytics Developer
UK

The median Analytics Developer daily rate in the UK is £796, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 508 564 692
Rank change year-on-year +56 +128 +118
Contract jobs requiring an Analytics Developer 12 18 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.041% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.045% 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 14 17
10th Percentile £416 £454 £412
25th Percentile £480 £525 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £796 £688 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.82% +25.00% +18.41%
75th Percentile £988 £788 £735
90th Percentile - £800 £878
UK excluding London median daily rate £469 £550 £411
% change year-on-year -14.77% +33.74% -33.13%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Analytics Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Analytics Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Analytics Developer in the UK

Analytics Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytics Developer.

Daily rate trend for Analytics Developer in the UK

Analytics Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytics Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytics Developer in the UK

Analytics Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytics Developer.

Hourly rate trend for Analytics Developer in the UK

Analytics Developer
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analytics Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +52 12 £796 +13.75% 5
London +35 10 £934 +33.39% 3
Work from Home +42 8 £838 +19.64% 4
UK excluding London +61 2 £469 -14.77% 3
North of England +19 1 £438 -
East of England - 1 £500 -
North West - 1 £438 -

Analytics Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Analytics Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Analytics Developer in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Analytics
2 10 (83.33%) Finance
3 7 (58.33%) Java
4 6 (50.00%) SQL
5 5 (41.67%) Python
5 5 (41.67%) Banking
6 4 (33.33%) Derivative
6 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
7 3 (25.00%) TDD
7 3 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (25.00%) Data Science
7 3 (25.00%) Kafka
7 3 (25.00%) Data Analytics
7 3 (25.00%) Virtual Team
7 3 (25.00%) Kdb+
7 3 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (25.00%) Equities
7 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
7 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
7 3 (25.00%) Data Modelling
7 3 (25.00%) Investment Banking
7 3 (25.00%) Degree
7 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
7 3 (25.00%) Market Risk
7 3 (25.00%) KDB
7 3 (25.00%) AWS
8 2 (16.67%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 2 (16.67%) IBM

Analytics Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (8.33%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (8.33%) dbt
2 1 (8.33%) OCI
2 1 (8.33%) SaaS
2 1 (8.33%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) KDB
1 3 (25.00%) Kdb+
1 3 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (8.33%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (8.33%) BigQuery
2 1 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (8.33%) Looker
2 1 (8.33%) OLAP
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle ODI
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle Reports
General
1 10 (83.33%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) Banking
3 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (25.00%) Investment Banking
5 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) Kafka
2 1 (8.33%) MDX
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (8.33%) XML
2 1 (8.33%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Derivative
2 3 (25.00%) Equities
2 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (25.00%) Market Risk
2 3 (25.00%) Virtual Team
3 1 (8.33%) Fixed Income
3 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (8.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Analytics
2 4 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (25.00%) Data Analytics
3 3 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 3 (25.00%) Data Science
3 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (25.00%) TDD
4 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 1 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (8.33%) Dashboard Development
5 1 (8.33%) Data Engineering
5 1 (8.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 1 (8.33%) Fintech
5 1 (8.33%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (8.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (8.33%) Single Customer View
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Debt
5 1 (8.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) Java
2 6 (50.00%) SQL
3 5 (41.67%) Python
4 1 (8.33%) C++
4 1 (8.33%) PL/SQL
4 1 (8.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) IBM
2 1 (8.33%) Cognos
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle